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I thought my dog looked guilty over the weekend - well, even more so than usual. Apparently domestic pets are the latest contributors to global warming - a large pooch may be responsible for up to a ton of greenhouse emissions each year. That's the same...
[Blogs/Adrian Gane] - [8 February 2010]
Congratulations to CLA member Lady Caroline Cranbrook who has been named Oldie Campaigner of the Year in the annual Oldie magazine awards.
[Blogs/President's Blog] - [29 January 2010]
After three weeks, 20 calls and hours of being left on hold, British Telecom finally repaired my snow-tripped telephone line. Not that I have noticed the difference very much!
[Blogs/Adrian Gane] - [29 January 2010]
I was delighted by the announcement last week that the Government is to introduce a supermarket ombudsman.
[Blogs/President's Blog] - [22 January 2010]
Completing my first month as President of the CLA gives me an opportunity to reflect - it certainly has been busy.
[Blogs/President's Blog] - [17 December 2009]
Members continue to be concerned about the administration of the Single Payment Scheme so earlier this afternoon I met with Jim Fitzpatrick MP Minister for Food, Farming and the Environment and RPA Head Tony Cooper to see how they are getting on.
[Blogs/President's Blog] - [8 December 2009]
This morning I chaired the Steering Group for the Campaign for the Farmed Environment at CLA Headquarters, Belgrave Square and was very encouraged by the progress of the Campaign to date.
[Blogs/President's Blog] - [8 December 2009]
One of my first jobs as President was to today launch the Deer Initiative’s Best Practice Guidance here in Belgrave Square.
[Blogs/President's Blog] - [2 December 2009]
It is a great honour to be elected President of the CLA - and I am looking forward to getting my teeth stuck into the difficult issues.
[Blogs/President's Blog] - [20 November 2009]
Sadly this will be my last blog as CLA President – it’s time I was put out to grass!
[Blogs/President's Blog - Henry Aubrey-Fletcher] - [12 November 2009]
The long awaited launch of the Campaign for the Farmed Environment took place at NFU President Peter Kendall’s farm in Bedfordshire today (5 Nov). A stellar array of heavy weights from the farming, land management and environment world stood on a...
[Blogs/President's Blog - Henry Aubrey-Fletcher] - [6 November 2009]
There has been much discussion in the papers this week about Lord Stern’s interview with The Times in which he was quoted saying that people should “give up meat to save the planet”.
[Blogs/President's Blog - Henry Aubrey-Fletcher] - [30 October 2009]
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) held its first Anniversary Stakeholder Reception at the QEII Centre on Wednesday (21 October 2009).
[Blogs/President's Blog - Henry Aubrey-Fletcher] - [28 October 2009]
Last week the partners of the Campaign for the Farmed Environment met formally for the first time to agree the way forward for the Campaign. The Steering Group was lead by the Presidents of the CLA and NFU and the majority of the proposed actions that...
[Blogs/President's Blog - Henry Aubrey-Fletcher] - [2 October 2009]
Temperatures in the last few days tell me summer is drawing to a close. What summer you may ask? Well the harvest is mostly in, reports of quantity and quality are mixed but prices are dire. We talk of ‘up horn down corn’ but milk prices are...
[Blogs/President's Blog - Henry Aubrey-Fletcher] - [18 September 2009]
Walking round The CLA Game Fair at Belvoir this year I was struck by the contentment of the people there - whether exhibitors or visitors. The general conversation was about the attractiveness and scale of the site rather than traffic hold ups or crowded...
[Blogs/President's Blog - Henry Aubrey-Fletcher] - [3 August 2009]
Secretary of State Hilary Benn today (Thursday, 9 July 2009) at the Royal Show accepted the CLA’s idea of an industry-led voluntary approach to targeted on-farm environmental management – the Campaign for the Farmed Environment (CFE) to...
[Blogs/President's Blog - Henry Aubrey-Fletcher] - [9 July 2009]
Despite a damp start and rain on and off during the day, the aisles at the annual Cereals event this year, at Wendy near Royston in Cambridgeshire, were once again packed with farmers.
[Blogs/President's Blog - Henry Aubrey-Fletcher] - [16 June 2009]
On Wednesday I was delighted to launch the CLA’s ground-breaking report Seeing the Wood for the Trees which sets out our vision for the forests and woods of England and Wales.
[Blogs/President's Blog - Henry Aubrey-Fletcher] - [5 June 2009]
Last Tuesday the CLA held a seminar at Smith & Williamson in the City of London to debate our visionary paper Private Solutions To Public Problems: Developing Environmental Markets.
[Blogs/President's Blog - Henry Aubrey-Fletcher] - [22 May 2009]
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